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Was playing around a little with a reversed 50mm f1.8 and an old Sigma 70-210mm lens and some water drops on a shiny metal surface.

Soon realised that i could see the reflection of things in the drops, so i thought i'd see if i could get my face reflected in them.

Camera is a D300, and light is just from the 4 heat lights in my bathroom.
F32, 1 Second, ISO 1600 (forgot to set it to 200 )

The area captured is about 6mmx7mm

Anyway, comments welcome. I'm still working on a few more of these.



PP consisted of playing a bit with the colour, and just removing a couple of spots.

PT. 2:
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=

I'd love to know how this is done, what a unique and excellent image!!!

I'll post some pics of my setup. Give me a min.

Thanks, this really is the most original image i've seen in ages.

Even facial images in the smaller drops - excellent example of innovative thinking. Is the WB correct?

Thanks. The final result may look nice, but getting it doesn't :p

Photos of the setup:




Yes, its a shiny bin, and yes its toilet.

I tried a couple with my sb-800, but couldn't get them to come out nicely, so i resorted to turning on all the lights in my bathroom. Still actively taking more shots.

Here's how small the area captured is.



The light coming through the viewfinder gives a good indication of the area thats going to be captured. Quite helpful actually.

Thats a really cool affect.

Definatly something to play around with

That is super super cool, wow, I hope you have some more, as I could see it being a great series. Brilliant idea!

awesome stuff. Great idea. Would be good if you could get a few of the bigger sized drops happening.

Thanks for all the positive comments, you guys have motivated me to take some more now. Time to pull out the sb-800

Cool photo.

I like the little droplets around the main one, a couple of nose reflections

Great idea!

The final effect is rather creepy. It would make a good illustration for a spooky book. Well done and very original. PS...this is indicative of the quality that can be had with a reversed lens.

Yes, the quality is quite amazing. Also considering i'm using a 10 year old sigma lens.

Focusing is near impossible though. I found it easier to raise or lower the tripod rather than focus on the lens.

Nothing short of brilliance! I like the image, but I agree that perhaps a lower ISO could make it even better and thanks for sharing the secret.

About to post Pt. 2. This i set it to ISO 200, and made some use of my sb-800.

Bravo brilliant work
artistic and technical

Very very cool and creative stuff! POTW?

PiroStitch wrote:Very very cool and creative stuff! POTW?

Not that my vote counts but I have to agree POTW, Creativity, composition, DOF, yada yada

Bloody Brilliant!

Which one do you guys prefer though, the one in this thread, or this one:
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=

I think that this is fantastic!! So must give it a try myself when I have some spare time.. (which will probably be around 2010 *sigh)...

Really well done.. thanks for sharing your technique and set up with us to!

The second effort is really cool.
Regards Colin

That is insane. I think it would make a great LP or CD cover kind of ala Kind Crimson (with a substantially different white balance).

very innovative, great capture

Impressively original. It think that shot is so good!

Great and genial Idea!